[eng] The feast of the Circumcision of the Lord was suppressed from the Roman Calendar in 1960 for reasons that are unclear. In 2012 a number of biblicists and theologians petitioned for the re-establishment of this liturgical feast, which recalls an important event in the historical identity of Jesus Christ. This article presents a systematical dossier about the feast, along with hypotheses regarding its suppression and the issues at stake in its restoration.